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young person drinking water while the sun is setting

Penn faculty gather to build collaborations on extreme heat

The Staff and Faculty Eco-Reps program provides a variety of ways for those interested in sustainability to get involved.

What to know about Penn’s Eco-Reps program

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After building a solar powered water tank for the Olua I community in Uganda, 2021 President’s Engagement Prize winners and May graduates Martin Leet (left) and Leah Voytovich hope their work can provide a starting point for additional self-sustaining initiatives designed to improve the lives of refugees around the world.

Changing lives in refugee communities through access to clean water

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Under the umbrella of the Galápagos Education and Research Alliance, Penn Vet professor Daniel Beiting (far right) and others from Penn visited San Cristóbal Island in March, where they engaged students and scientists in water quality testing. (Image: Courtesy of Daniel Beiting)

In the Galápagos, training community scientists to monitor water quality

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Abby Seeley (center) of Penn Vet does a health check up on a goat with the assistance of Sulay Camara (left) and Sainey Badjie (right). (Image: Courtesy of Brianna Parsons)

Under the same sun

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Gold and orange autumn leaves surrounded the BioPond on Nov. 18. Credit: Kylie Cooper

Penn’s latest climate plan report includes drop in campus emissions, more academic initiatives

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Archaeologist Kathleen Morrison (center) and anthropology doctoral student Moriah McKenna discuss one of the charred lumps from a 2010 excavation in southern India. The image is possible thanks to a new microscope, seen here on the right, that takes and stitches together high-resolution images in incredible detail. (Image: Eric Sucar)

From 2,800-year-old charred food lumps, a window into past civilizations

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Evidence of coral reef bleaching in a seabed off Hachijo-jima Island in Tokyo, November 2020. The latest report from the IPCC focuses on how climate change is affecting coral reefs like this and other biodiversity, as well as people and places. (Image: The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images)

Four takeaways from the IPCC’s report on climate adaptation and vulnerability

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A poster session represented the culmination of the course Humans and the Earth System: How it Works, How We Got Here, and How to Save Our Planet. An introduction to climate change and other environmental challenges, the course navigated a broad range of topics, relying on the expertise of its three professors and several guest speakers.

A multidisciplinary approach to considering the Earth’s changing systems

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